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 REAL NAME: Wasalu Muhammad Jaco- BIRTHDAY: February 16, 1982
- BIGGEST
POP SINGLE: "The Show Goes On" (2011)
- BIGGEST
LP: Lupe
Fiasco's The Cool (2007)
- GRAMMY
AWARDS: 1
- "I grew
up in the hood around prostitutes, drug
dealers, killers, and gangbangers, but I also
grew up juxtaposed: on the doorknob outside
or our apartment, there was blood from some
guy who got shot, but inside, there was National
Geographic magazines and encyclopedias
and a little library bookshelf situation. And
we didn't have cable, so we didn't have the
luxury of having our brains washed by MTV..." - Lupe Fiasco
 
 Lupe Fiasco was born Wasalu
Muhammad Jaco on February 16, 1982, and raised in
Illinois. Lupe's first impression of hip-hop
music was distain because of its profane language
- but that changed by the 8th grade when Lupe
began rapping. When Lupe was 19, he joined the
group 'Da Pak' for a short time. Lupe's rise to
fame began when he met Jay-Z which led to a record deal
with Atlantic Records. Lupe's mixtapes also
caught the attention of Kanye West who asked Lupe to appear
on his 2005 LP. Rolling Stone has
described Lupe as "... the soul rebel who
refuses to believe righteous struggle has to be a
grind."
 December 18: Lupe released Lupe
Fiasco's The Cool. The LP was a concept album with a
dark side representing many losses Lupe
encountered during its recording, including the
death of his father.
      
 March 8: After many delays, Lupe
released Lasers. - March 26: Lupe topped the Billboard
200 LP chart for 1 week, Top Digital Albums chart
for 1 week, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for
2 weeks, and Top Rap Albums chart for 3 weeks
with Lasers. The LP sold over 204,000
copies its first week of release in the US. The
LP also went Top 10 in Canada and Australia.
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Lupe
Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Released: September 19, 2006
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 8
Billboard #1: Rap Albums
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Album
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Intro" -
"Real" (featuring Sarah Green) -
"Just Might Be OK" (featuring
Gemini) - "Kick, Push" - "I
Gotcha" (featuring Pharrell) - "The
Instrumental" (featuring Jonah Matranga)
- "He Say She Say" (featuring
Gemini & Sarah Green) -
"Sunshine" -
"Daydreamin'" (featuring Jill
Scott) - "The Cool" - "Hurt Me
Soul" - "Pressure" (featuring
Jay-Z) - "American Terrorist"
(featuring Matthew Santos) - "The
Emperor's Soundtrack" - "Kick, Push
II" - "Outro"
Import
Edition includes: "Tilted"
Limited
Edition includes: "Tilted" -
"Carrera Lu" - "What It
Did"
also available on vinyl
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Lupe
Fiasco's The Cool
Released: December 18, 2007
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 14
Billboard #1: Rap Albums
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Album
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks: "Baba Says Cool
For Though" (featuring Iesha Jaco) -
"Free Chilly" (featuring Sarah
Green & Gemini) - "Go Go Gadget
Flow" - "The Coolest" - "Superstar" (featuring
Matthew Santos) - "Paris, Tokyo" -
"Hi-Definition" (featuring Snoop
Dogg & Pooh Bear) - "Gold
Watch" - "Hip Hop Saved My
Life" (featuring Nikki Jean) -
"Intruder Alert" (featuring Sarah
Green) - "Streets Of Fire"
(featuring Matthew Santos) - "Little
Weapon" (featuring Bishop G & Nikki
Jean) - "Gotta Eat" - "Dumb It
Down" (featuring Gemini & Graham
Burris) - "Hello / Goodbye
(Uncool)" (featuring Unkie) - "The
Die" (featuring Gemini) - "Put You
On Game" - "Fighters"
(featuring Matthew Santos) - "Go
Baby" (featuring GemStones)
Import
Edition includes: "Blackout"
also available on vinyl
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Lasers
Released: March 8, 2011
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1 week)
Billboard #1: Digital Albums,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Album
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks: "Letting
Go" (featuring Sarah Green) -
"Words I Never Said" (featuring
Skylar Grey) - "Till I Get There" -
"I Don't Wanna Care Right Now"
(featuring MDMA) - "Out Of My Head"
(featuring Trey Songz) - "The Show Goes On" -
"Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways)"
(featuring MDMA) - "Coming Up"
(featuring MDMA) - "State Run
Radio" (featuring Matt Mahaffey) -
"Break The Chain" (featuring Eric
Turner & Sway) - "All Black
Everything" - "Never Forget
You" (featuring John Legend)
also available on vinyl
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Food
& Liquor II: The Great American Rap
Album, Pt. 1
Released: September 25, 2012
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 5
Billboard #1: R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums, Rap Albums
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Album
Tracks: "Ayesha
Says" (Intro) - "Strange
Fruition" (featuring Casey Bemjamin) -
"ITAL (Roses)" - "Around The
Way (Freedom Ain't Free)" -
"Audubon Ballroom" - "Bitch
Bad" - "Lamborghini Angels" -
"Put Em Up" - "Heart
Donor" (featuring Poo Bear) - "How
Dare You" (featuring Bilal) -
"Battle Scars" (featuring Guy
Sebastian) - "Brave Heart"
(featuring Poo Bear) - "Form Follows
Function" - "Cold War"
(featuring Jane $$$) - "Unforgiveable
Youth" (featuring Jason Evigan) -
"Hood Now" (Outro)
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Tetsuo
& Youth
Released: January 20, 2015
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 14
Tracks: "Summer" -
"Mural"- "Blur My Hands"
(featuring Guy Sebastian) - "Dots &
Lines" - "Fall" -
"Prisoner 1 & 2" (featuring
Ayesha Jaco) - "Body Of Work"
(featuring Troi & Terrace Martin) -
"Little Death" (featuring Nikki
Jean) - "No Scratches" (featuring
Nikki Jean) - "Winter" -
"Chopper" - "Deliver" -
"Madonna (And Ohter Mothers In The
Hood)" (featuring Nikki Jean) -
"Adoration Of The Magi" (featuring
Crystal 'Rovel' Torres) -
"They.Ressurect.Over.New"
(featuring Ab-Soul & Troi) -
"Spring"
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DROGAS
Light
Released: February 10, 2017
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 60
Tracks: "Dopamine
Lit" (Intro) - "NGL"
(featuring Ty Dolla Sign) -
"Promise" - "Made In The
USA" (featuring Bianca Signs) -
"Jump" (featuring Gizzle) -
"City Of The Year" (featuring
Rondo) - "High" (Interlude) -
"Tranquillo" (featuring Rick ROss
& Big K.R.I.T.) - "Kill"
(featuring Ty Dolla Sign & Victoria
Monet) - "Law" (featuring Simon
Says) - "Pick Up The Phone" -
"It's Not Design" (featuring Salim)
- "Wild Child" (featuring Jake
Torrey) - "More Than My Heart"
(featuring Rxmn & Salim)
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Drogas
Wave
Released: October 12, 2018
Tracks: "In The Event Of
Typhoon" - "Drogas" -
"Manilla" - "Gold Vs. The
Right Thing To Do" - "Slave
Ship" - "WAV Files" -
"Down" (featuring NIkki Jean) -
"Haile Selassie" (featuring Nikki
Jean) - "Alan Forever" (featuring
Crystal Torres) - "Helter Skelter"
(Interlude) - "Stronger" (featuring
Nikki Jean) - "Sun God Sam & The
California Drug Deals" (featuring Nikki
Jean) - "XO" (featuring Trio Irons)
- "Don't Mess Up The Children"
(Interlude) - "Jonylah Forever" -
"Kingdom" (featuring Damian Marley)
- "Baba Kwesi" (Interlude) -
"Imagine" (featuring Simon Sayz
& Crystal Torres) - "Stack That
Cheese" (featuring Nikki Jean) -
"Cripple" (featuring Elena
Pinderhughes) - "King Nas" -
"Quotations From Chairman Fred"
(featuring Nikki Jean & Bishop Edgar
Jackson) - "Happy Timbuck2 Day" -
"Mural Jr."
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Samurai
Released: June 28, 2024
Tracks: "Samuria" -
"Mumble Rap" - "Cake" -
"Palaces" - "Headbanger"
- "Big Foot" - "Outside"
- "Til Eternity"
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